Padres on deck: Athletics making a pit-stop

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The Athletics, with a run-differential of minus-6, are 11 ½ games behind the Astros in the AL West but just two games out of a wild-card spot. They’ve won two straight, five of their last 10 and rank 12th in runs scored and 15th with a 4.05 team ERA.

The Padres had won five straight series before losing three of four in Atlanta to fall 6 ½ out of first in the NL West and 1½ games behind four-place Colorado. The Padres last played Oakland in 2015, going 1-3 against Oakland.